Language in context (1972) -- The logic of politeness; or Minding your P's and Q's (1973) -- Excerpts from two 1974 papers: pluralism in linguistics; linguistic theory and the real world -- You say what you are: acceptability and gender-related language (1977) -- Stylistic strategies within a grammar of style (1979) -- When talk is not cheap: psychotherapy as conversation (1979) -- Some of my favorite writers are literate: the mingling of oral and literate strategies in written communication (1982) -- Persuasive discourse and ordinary conversation, with examples from advertising (1982) -- Doubletalk: sexismin tech talk (1983) -- My life in court (1986) -- The way we were; or, the real actual truth about generative semantics: a memoir (1989) -- Review essay: women and disability (1989) -- Pragmatics and the law: speech act theory confronts the First Amendment (1992) -- The rhetoric of reproduction (1992) -- True confessions? Pragmatic competence and criminal confession (1996) -- Afterword / Robin Lakoff
Summary
This book collects the groundbreaking work of linguist Robin Tolmach Lakoff in a single volume, with introductions to essays by prominent linguists that provide commentary on the profound influence of Lakoff's work
